These wartime editions are notoriously fragile. This copy is an exception. It is square, sharp, clean and tight. just the slightest bumping of the extremities. The Grosset dust jacket, chipped at the edges, is married to this 1st edition copy. Europe was in the throes of World War II, and when America joined the fighting, Ernie Pyle went along. Long before television beamed daily images of combat into our living rooms, Pyle's on-the-spot reporting gave the American publi... View more info

I Cover the Waterfront is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, and Hobart Cavanaugh. Based on the book of the same name by Max Miller, the film is about a reporter who investigates a waterfront smuggling operation, and becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating. Nearly invisible front hinge repair, else bright tight and clean. Dust jacket is in... View more info

Mr. Wile was the Berlin correspondent for the NY Times and for The London Daily Mail. He reported from Berlin during the years leading up to WW1. He describes here v30 men around the Kaiser, the influence they may have exerted, and the interplay of personalities. This elite group of 30 men includes industrialists, diplomats, statesmen, and military men. Each monograph is preceded by a lovely formal portrait of the individual. View more info

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